Recent content by jonesthewine

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    Weekly Stats - January 11, 2015

    thx as always for the stats, GLeeM.
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    Never quite (completely) happy with my PC purchases...

    ^^...this is the truth - just built practically the same system as this for my son to use for games & school, and it is super-snappy and responsive, and should be for a few years at least. But I have to say that in terms of 'feel' and every day use (gaming & DC excepted) the system that it...
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    Weekly Stats - December 14, 2014

    thanks for these stats - it's been a while, good to be back -
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    What type of oil you put in your vehicle and why?

    Amsoil, Signature Series oils - at the weights specified by Mazda, for a 2011 Speed3 and a 2010 CX-9 - have used Amsoil for many many years, going 15,000 miles between changes for the Speed3 and 20,000+ for the CX-9. As a dealer, they cost around $8.00 per quart, which is a small price to pay...
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    Time Capsule or NAS?

    Time Machine - for the MacBook Air (two Time Machine SSD backup drives in USB portable enclosures - one for home, the other for business travel) and iMac (plugged in 24/7, also a USB portable enclosure). I like the peace of mind of having complete re-install images handy and portable.
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    Collection of old CPUs - any uses?

    thanks all for the input - the Phenom was a 9750, had lots of bent pins, and I've decided to make a bit of art using the chips, 20 shiny reflective platters that I've harvested from old spinners,and some DDR2 sticks...a mobile for my office is in the works.
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    Collection of old CPUs - any uses?

    These are laying around in a box - besides chucking them into the trash bin, are there any uses for these relics? Intel: E7200 Core 2 duo AMD: K6-2 (from 1st computer, 1998!) Athlon xp 2500 Athlon 64 Athlon 64 x2 Phenom
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    Inherited iPhone 4

    my daughter (12) has my old iPhone4 and iOS7 runs just fine on it. Plug it into your computer,fore up iTunes and reset/update it and you should be good.
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    I'm in the middle of nowhere and my MBP is dead.

    did you bring your Time Machine backup drive with you? If so, and if it is the same size/form factor, try to swap it out for the faulty drive.
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    Iphone 5 overheating

    Try a vent-mounted phone holder for car use - I use GPS & stream music or mlb.com all of the time, while driving, have never gotten the overheat message.
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    How do I transfer pictures/files from my iphone to my computer?

    Assuming a PC here? just connect the phone to the PB via USB and them look for the phone via start menu -> computer -> Potable device -> open it up & grab what you want.
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    Bluetooth Pairing 5th gen. iPod Touch w/ iPhone 5?

    ? manually connect the touch to the phone, as needed?
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    Macbook Air 2nd gen getting sluggish

    what does your desktop look like? lots of icons/files? keeping it empty will help keep your system snappy...
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    200 Million points in F@H !!!

    Congrats on a great contribution to scientific research, your electric utility & the computer hardware industry.
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    Greatings and good Wishes

    Happy day to all TA crunchers - let's raise a glass to longer days & shorter nights & lower power bills.